Movie Name | Rudolf the Black Cat |
Release Year | 2016 |
Directors | Kunihiko Yuyama, Motonori Sakakibara |
Producers | Yoshio Nakayama, Minami Ichikawa, Nobuiku Suzuki, Toshiaki Okuno, Yoshitaka Toge, Keiichi Sawa, Masaya Yabushita, Kiyoshi Nagai, Mika Nakamura, Yoshitaka Hori, Yoshikazu Kumagai, Eisaku Yoshikawa, Ken Sakamoto, Daisuke Kadoya (Executive Producer) |
Screenplay By | Yōichi Katō |
Produced By | Sprite Animation Studios, OLM, OLM Digital |
Released By | Toho |
Language | Japanese |
Country | Japan |
Release Time | August 6, 2016 |
Running Time | 1 hour 30 minutes |
Budget | $6 million |
Box Office | US$12.0 million |
Story (Rudolf the Black Cat):

Introduction (Rudolf the Black Cat):
Rudolf the black cat is a movie about a black cat named Rudolf who lived with his owner in Japan. One day, his owner went out of the house for work and left him in the house.
Rudolf saw a beautiful mountain:
Rudolf always wanted to see the outside world because he had never went out of the house so he went out from the window and climb the house roof and saw a beautiful mountain.
Owner’s shop angry on Rudolf :
When he saw at the side, he saw his owner so he tried to follow her but he hits a cycle and fell in a fish pot. When the owner of that house saw him, he become angry and beats him.
Rudolf injured:
He quickly went into a truck to escape but was unable to get out of it as he was injured. He reached a new place where he met a big cat whose name was tiger.
A big cat saved Rudolf’s life:
Rudolf was coming under a truck but the big cat saved him and Rudolf told him his story that he had lost and he didn’t know the way to his house.
A new cat met Rudolf:
Rudolf went to a temple with tiger where he came to know that all the other cats were afraid of him. There, he met a new cat who told Rudolf about tiger that a dog is his enemy and that he lived in a house before.
Tiger’s past(Rudolf the Black Cat):
Tiger helped everyone. Rudolf asked the tiger about his past. At first, tiger was angry but then he told him about his past that he lived with his owner in a house but one day he left.
Rudolf saw same mountain on TV:
His owner also taught him how to read and write. Rudolf also learned those from him. Tiger went to a library with him where he saw a mountain on the TV and it was the same mountain which he saw from his house roof.

Rudolf in danger:
When Rudolf told him about the mountain, tiger showed him that place on the globe so he wanted to go alone and went into a truck full of ice but tiger saved him and scold him that it could also take his life.
Tiger went to the dog to get food:
Tiger told him about the bus that passes from there. Rudolf was happy all night. Tiger went to the dog to get food as he was once his friend and then he becomes his enemy.
Tiger and dog fight:
Then both of them had a fight. A cat told Rudolf that tiger is lying unconscious at a place and Rudolf quickly gets there to save him and took him to the house.
Tiger injured:
Tiger told him that he would take him home if he wasn’t injured. Rudolf then went to the dog and fights with him. The dog laughed at his small size but Rudolf was very flexible and fast.
Rudolf pushed the dog into water:
Rudolf pushed him in water but soon realized that the dog can’t swim so he saved him. Then he took a promise that he will never hurt anyone.
Rudolf stays there with the tiger until his recovery:
Rudolf stays there with the tiger until he recovered. A cat then told him that somebody started to live there where tiger used to live.
Dog asked for forgiveness:
When all the cats went there, the dog came and asked for forgiveness and tiger forgave him. When tiger told Rudolf about this, he also forgave him.
Cat’s party(Rudolf the Black Cat):
All of them enjoyed and had a party there. Rudolf don’t want to go back but tiger sends him back as it was the right thing.
Rudolf reached his house:
When Rudolf reached his house, he came to know that his twin was living there with his owner and now he cannot live there as his owner can only afford one pet. Rudolf then came back to tiger.
Happy ending(Rudolf the Black Cat):
Tiger told him that his previous owner had returned to live there and together they all went to his house. The owner keeps all of them and the story ends happily.
Rudolf the Black Cat Main Character Invoices
No | Character | Actor |
1 | Rudolf | Mao Inoue |
2 | Gottalot | Ryohei Suzuki |
3 | Master Kuma | Akio Ōtsuka |
4 | Devil | Arata Furuta |
5 | Buchi | Norito Yashima |
6 | Misha | Nana Mizuki |
7 | Rie | Rio Sasaki |
8 | Truck Driver | Sandayū Dokumamushi |
9 | Rudolf’s Younger Brother | Yuka Terasaki |
Character Profile(Rudolf the Black Cat):
Tiger:
Tiger was a big cat. When he saw Rudolf , he saved him from a truck under which Rudolf was coming accidently. Rudolf then stays with him and also helped him to reach his house.
Villain’s Profile:
Dog(Rudolf the Black Cat):
In this movie, the dog plays a little role of the villain. When the tiger lived in a house, both of them were friends but when the tiger’s owner left them, the dog also left him. The dog injured him once but after this, Rudolf taught him a lesson and the dog asks for the tiger’s forgiveness and they both become friends.

Did you Notice!
When Rudolf ask the tiger his name then the tiger replied that he had millions of names and due to this, Rudolf thought that his name is million.
When the tiger gets Rudolf out of the ice truck, Rudolf was frozen but he quickly turns back to his original form.
Life lesson(Rudolf the Black Cat):
- A person can do every difficult task with his good friends.
- We should always support others.
- We should talk to everyone nicely.
Question for you
When Rudolf freeze in the ice the why didn’t he die?
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